Economic diversification plays a crucial role in fostering economic growth. Export
diversification policies attempt to defy an existing comparative advantage in low valueadded …

Export diversification can be a driver of economic growth. Policies to diversify exports
attempt to defy an existing comparative advantage in low-value-added goods to promote …

Economic integration ranks as one of the leading development strategies in Africa. The
newly created African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the proposed Tripartite …

This paper examines the impact of access to finance on intra-Africa trade efficiency using a
panel dataset comprising 44 African exporters. Between 2008 and 2021, a stochastic frontier …

Boosting intra-African manufactured exports is a critical objective of African leaders. The
present analysis examines whether trade policy space and Aid for Trade (AfT) flows can …

This paper aims to analyse the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and its
potential to unleash the development of women in Africa. The envisaged benefits of the …

Global and regional integration has grown significantly in recent decades, boosting intra-
African trade and positively impacting national economies through trade diversification and …

Colonialism destroyed Africa's long-standing intra-African trade. Hence, at independence
there was a move for regional integration to diversify Africa's economy. Nigeria had been at …

When it comes to attracting foreign direct investment, Africa as a whole may be described as
some-thing like the" forgotten continent". In a global comparison, the continent is fairly …

Intra-SADC trade has not met the target that was set by the African Continental Trade
Agreement (AfCFTA) of achieving 22% by the year 2022 due to a myriad of various trade …